Welcome to THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS.
I am the author of CLAUDE and CAMILLE: A NOVEL OF MONET, the story of the young Claude Monet in his struggling years and his passionate love for his elusive muse Camille. The Boston Globe called it, "AN ENTHRALLING STORY, BEAUTIFULLY TOLD."
This blog shares stories about him, his world, and his fellow impressionists, most of which you never knew. Come visit! People who love Impressionism have visited from all around the world.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

The painter Turner, it is said, had himself tied to a mast to observe the violence of a storm at sea. Monet had his own near disaster. Standing on a rock to paint and very involved, he was suddenly swept into the churning sea by a wave. He was a Normandy man and a strong swimmer but his canvases and palette and paints rushed about him in the water. He climbed to safety with a beard tinged with colorful oil paint; one could say that that day Monet was himself a Monet. As today we are waiting for the hurricane to approach New York City, I felt inspired to post one of his paintings of storms! He did not do as many as Turner, though!

CLAUDE & CAMILLE: a novel of Claude Monet

About Me

I am the author of CLAUDE AND CAMILLE: A NOVEL OF MONET (Crown, April 2010) as well as MARRYING MOZART, NICHOLAS COOKE, THE PLAYERS, and THE PHYSICIAN OF LONDON. My novels have won an American Book Award, been translated into many languages, optioned for a film and chosen for the History Book Club. I was born in New York City and have lived here all my life though family and passion draw me Europe often. I am an Anglo/Catholic (high Episcopalian) who meditates and practices yoga and reiki. I am happily married to a reiki practitioner and have two grown sons.
For information on novels, see http://www.stephaniecowell.com